diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 642e1ee8..25da70f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,28 @@
 name: "Mainline release"
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
-    tags:
-      - "v*"
+    branches: [main]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
 jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
+    outputs:
+      release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
+
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: release-please
+    if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -27,7 +43,6 @@ jobs:
           python ./build.py frappe --all-accents --zip -d $PWD/releases &&
           python ./build.py latte --all-accents --zip -d $PWD/releases
       - name: Add zips to release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
-        with:
-          draft: true
-          files: ./releases/*.zip
+        run: gh release upload ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag_name }} releases/*.zip
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37fcefaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "1.0.0"
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68c666c5..cc8420ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ This GTK theme requires:
 
 We provide a Python script to automate the process of installing the theme:
 
+<!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
+
 ```bash
 curl -LsS "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/catppuccin/gtk/main/install.py" -o install.py
 python3 install.py <flavor> <accent>
@@ -130,6 +132,8 @@ ln -sf "${THEME_DIR}/gtk-4.0/gtk.css" "${HOME}/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk.css" &&
 ln -sf "${THEME_DIR}/gtk-4.0/gtk-dark.css" "${HOME}/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk-dark.css"
 ```
 
+<!-- x-release-please-end -->
+
 ## Building
 
 If our prebuilt offerings do not match your requirements, you will have to build the theme from source.
diff --git a/install.py b/install.py
index 26547c74..ba10a7f0 100644
--- a/install.py
+++ b/install.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def parse_args():
 
 def build_release_url(ctx: InstallContext) -> str:
     repo_root = "https://github.com/catppuccin/gtk/releases/download"
-    release = "v1.0.0"
+    release = "v1.0.0" # x-release-please-version
     zip_name = f"catppuccin-{ctx.flavor}-{ctx.accent}-standard+default.zip"
 
     return f"{repo_root}/{release}/{zip_name}"
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad8e1b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "last-release-sha": "8b54c05ff5de6c7fabc68fab410cfd093a91193c",
+  "draft": true,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "package-name": "",
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "extra-files": [
+        { "type": "generic", "path": "README.md" },
+        { "type": "generic", "path": "install.py" }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}